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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-09-08

struction. It is believed others in the place
are implicated. The motive for the crime
is said to be to force the village to employ o
police force and nightwatch, in place OF
few private watchmen.
Jesse Pomeroy, the boy murderer, who
has been in the South Charleston, Mass,
prison for II years or more. for the murder
Of Katie curran whom he hacked to death
and buried in his mothers cellar, came
near making his escape by saving off the
bars of the corridor window opposite his
steel saws were found secreted in the lining
of his jacket. He was furious at the discov-
cry, and declared il he had had time to saw
enc more bar he would have killed the
watchman and made his escape. The prison
officials believe Pomeroy's aged mother
supplied him with the saws and arranged
the details OF his escape. Pomeroy has
been busy with the attempt for q year or
more He has also just confessed to a crime
Of which he was not suspected. He admits
having decOyed q little boy named Horace
Miller out on the South Boston marshes and
Cit him almost to pieces. Pomeroy had
mania for cutting people up. He was only
fourteen years old at the time. A number
OF women have been trying to get the yollag
fiend pardoned, but it is thought this con-
fession will put quietus on their efforts
'sBlinky" Morgan, the burglar who is now
in Jail at Ravenna, @, for numbering Detec-
tive Hulligan, and who, while being
captured at Alpena, Mich, q short time
since, fatally shot Sheriff Lynca, has been
indicted in Michigan for robbing the post
Office and q iewelry store at Hart, Oceana
county. This is O crime for which Morgan
was imprisoned when lie broke from tho
Grand Rapids jail. The circumstances sur
rounding his escap. from that jail are
shronded in mystery. Morgan was con-
fined in one of the cells, and the sheriff wen.
to bed thinking all was secure. When he
got up in the morning he found the outside
doors unfastened. Tho doors entering into
the jail were unlocked, and SO was the door
to Morgan's cell, but no Morgan could be
found. The sheriff discovered note from
him leaving an affectionate good bye" but
that was oil. Owing to Morgan's desperate
record he Is guarded night and day in the
Rayenna Jail by three men, and an addition
al watch is kept outside of the Jail, day and
night, ard a special force of 80 men have
been sworn in, to be summoned Mt any mo-
ment when an alarm is made that they arc
needed.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-09-08

of the taking OF Hatteras, twenty five years
ago. In his speech, Gen. Butler advocated
o service pension for every man who had
been in the war, and said that, as soon as all
Union soldiers had thus been car. d for, the
surplus III the treasury should he used to
pension confederates, on the ground that
they were not responsible for the war, but
were sufferers by it.
The timetable Of the Presidents western
and southern trip is not fully made up
but q Washington dispatch gives some OF
the dates. subject OF course to revision and
changes: Sept. -, leave Washington; Oct.
!, arrive in st. Louis; Oct. 2, ), 4, in st
Louis; Oct. >. arrive in Chicago; Oct. q, Z,
in Chicago; Oct. !, in Milwaukee,: Oct. ., in
Madison ;Oct. i in st Paul and Minneapolis; !;
Oct. TX. in Kansas City Oct. Is, III Memphis; !;
Oct. III, in Nashville ;Oct. l1,in Chattanooga; !;
Oc.. ~, in Atlanta.
Robert I. Lincoln saps he would not ac-
cept the Vice Presidency and is not a can
didate for President. He has seen two
Presidents assassinatcd and does not care to
risk being a third. Further he says: Il
have seen enough of inside w ashinGton Of
fetal life to have lost ali desire for it. Pres
identiaI Office il but . gilded prison. Its
cares and worry outweigh the honor which
surrounds the position. / don't think there
is any likelihood of my receiving the nomina-
ton. The men who make the ticket would
hardly do so without exacting certain
pledges, and those pledges would not give. !"
The President has appointed Alexander
McCue, Solicitor OF the Treasury, to DO
Commissioner OF Fish and Fisheries, as suc-
cessor Of tue late Prof. Baird. He il to
serve without extra pay, the law requir
ing that some icivil officer of the Govern
ment shall be appointed of approved
scientific and practical acquaintance with
the fishes of the coast. The chief business
Of the Commissioner Is to sign vouchers for
the expenditure Of Es..o,G0O year, the real
reason it was the policy of Congress to i'm
pose this duty on tho civil officer who was
willing to perform it in addition to his
regular work.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-09-08
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

The Empress Eugene is on her way to
Balmoral Castle to visit Queen Victoria.
The Bank Of England has advanced it's
rate OF discount from B per cent to per
cent.
Lord Salisbury will make statement in
the English House OF Lords with reference
to the American fisheries question.
A fire which started in the Cafe Egyptian
in Cairo Wednesday destroyed whole
block Of buildings The loss is heavy.
Seven line steamers which sailed from
Queenstown Wednesday and Thursday
took on hoard SIS emigrants for America.
The German Gazette Of St Petersburg
Emperor William have arranged to meet ut
Dantzic.
The Pope has received home contributions
amounting to S5O,OOO and. foreign amount
ing to $4,000 to be devoted to paying the
expenses of his jubilee.
Austria, Hungary, Germany, holland,
Italy, Spain, and Denmark have joined the
conference proposed for the arrangement of
union among the European nations con-
cerning sugar bounties.
The prosecution of Mr. William O'Rricn
is treated by the Liberal press of England
as means to infiame Irish passions and
give the government further pretext for
action against the National League.
Seven persons were wounded by the
police Of Havana, Cuba, in dispensing .
crowd which had assembled to hold an In
digDation meeting over the removal Of all
the clstom-housc officials by the Governor
General
Mr.. Gladstone, speaking at Hawarden
said the most important political change
that had taken place during the reign of
Queen Victoria was the re-establishmert of
Q representative parliament. Personally,
he said. that he knew that the Queen had
given her willing and hearty consent to all
beneficial changes and had made herself
the prime benefactor Of the country.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-09-08
Minnesota a. Northwestern road to secure
the necessary land for building its line
from st. Paul to Duluth, l35 miles in
length

Minnesota a. Northwestern road to secure
the necessary land for building its line
from st. Paul to Duluth, 135 miles in
length.
A precious scoundrel named Lou Murray,
the manager Of a so-called .Bureau OF
Industry" or employment Office is under
arrest at Minneapolis for attempting to
outrage Mary sylvester, aged II, who had
called at his office seeking employment.
Under prctence Ot securing her boarding
place Murray took her to the house Of q
Mrs. Sawyer where he registered as s.Mr.
Smith a. wife" and without her consent
entered her room at II at night and until
"a m, continued bis insulting proposals,
when at that hour the girl jumped from
the window OF the third story room in
which she was a prisoner, and by her fall
her jaw was fractured, one hip dislocated
and all the ribs on the right side fractured,
injuries that may prove fatal. Until the
close Of the lake season Miss Sylvester with
her sister had been employed by q. :.
Gates of Excelsior, who says the girls are
OF excellent character and who swore out
the warrant for the arrest of Murray. The
unhappy girl was kindly cared for. Great
indignation exists at Minneapolis and the
incident may do something to break up the
infamous lodging houses" that exists
there. Through the suggestion OF the
Tribune fund Of $50 was raised In one
day for Mary Ind situation promised her
In the largest retail dry goods house of the
city, as soon as she is able to take it. lii
the police court Murray was held to $2, 800
bail, but it was not given. There was 50
much fear Of fiynching ut Minneapolis that
the prison was quietly removed to the
Ramsey county jail at st. Paul.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-09-08

ISAIAH V. WILLIAMSON is consider
ed the richest man in Philadelphia.
He is said to be worth $20,O00,O0O, all
of which he made himself. He is an
old bachelor. and the word sold is
used adviscdly. for he has passed his
s5th birthday. He has been very char
liable since he grew wealthy, and has
been known to give away 100000 4
year. He has of late grown very
weak, and his lease of life approaches
its limit. He has never been addicted
TO display and has lived in quiet and
transformations manner.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-09-08

One of the men who like a saunter
down the almost deserted sidewalks of
Fifth avenue, New York, during pleas
ant Sunday, is Rev. DIR. Burchard. His
eyes were always peculiarly small, but
his face has lately grown weazened and
pinchcd, and the wrinkles almost over
tapping each other nearly cover up his
eyes, and give him an appearance that
Is neither pleasant nor beneyolent-look-
ing. And yet those who know the kind
" old gentleman will say that the poor
have no tenderer friend. the unfortunate
no more practical adviser and helper,
than the man who, without his onw
seeking, was made so prominet en-
figure in the. political history Of James
G.. Blaine.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-09-08

CARDINAL. NEwMAN's brother, Prof.
William Newman. is also an octogena-
rian. He is man of the deepest
scholarly attainments and Il confirmed
free-thinker. For forty years he and
his brother, the priest, were strangers.
but recently the Prince of the Church
and his atheist brother met and en-
hraccd, antf now. they are the best OF
friends and never alludc TO their differ
ences of opinion nor long years OF sep
aration.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-09-08

Mus. ID. q. CRoLr (Jennie June) is
President Of the Women's Endowment
Cattle Company, which has just been
incorporated in New Jersey. Its capi-
tai stock is placed mt *l,5CO,OOO, di-
yidc.l into 5000 share of $500 each.
The company has control of nearly
2,OOO,O0O acres of fine grazing land in
New Mexico. There are now C.OOO
head of cattle Oh the ranch. The
stock is to be placed with women as an
endowment for their children.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-09-08

HORACE L. Cook, Treasurer Of
Cayuga County, New York. is entitled
to distinction rs Il tenacious ofiiceholt!er.
He was first elected to that position
thirty mine years ago, and has just been
rcnominated for the fourteenth con-
secutive time.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-09-08

The third part of Rebecca Harding
Davis's series of papers, called ''Here
and There in the South, in the Septem-
Der Harper's, leads her party OF tray-
eIlers along the Gulf from Mobile. stop
ping at Biloxi, the health resort. ut
the Beauvoir plantations to call on
Jefferson Davis. and at the picturesque
little villages which line the coast. In
New Orleans the visitors wander
among the fascinating beauties and
the quaint incongruities of the Crescent
CITY. w. Hamilton Gibson's charming
illustrations make the article unusually
attractive.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-09-08
Pennsylvania Polite

The Democratic State convention al
Allentown, on the 3ist, nominated Hon. J.
r. Thompson of Erie for Supreme Court
Judge and b. j. McGrann of Lancaster for
State Treasurer. Messrs Randall and VIM.
l.. Scott were members Of the committee
on resolutions, which reaflirm the National
platform OF 1854, and demand, with
emphasis, that the large surplus already in
the treasury shall be used to pay the pubic
debt. and that the current and unnecessary
increase going on beyond the needs Of the
government shall he Immediately prevented
by wise and prudent reduction OF internal
taxation and of duties on imports in
accordance with the foregoing declarations.
We fully indorse the administration OF Pres
ident Cleveland. Wise, sagacious and pa
triotic, he has restored the business inter-
ests of the country; has directed the finan-
cial affairs of the government with apt abil-
ity; has strengthened the puclic credit end
thereby given us q period OF great industrial
and commercial prosperity. Apprehension
in the minds OF some that the advent of our
party to control of the Federal government
would be dangerous has been dispellcd. Our
people arc more contented and wellto-do
by other nations. His period of admins
tration has been pure, economical and fear
less, and meets the approval of all fair
minded and conseIs satise citizens. We en-
dorse the legislation of congress against the
| importation of contract labor and to compel
the return of fpaupers and criminals. We fav-
or liberal pensions to deserving Union sol
| diers and sailors, and refer to the action of
the present administrat on in adding to the
pension rolls larger number than was
ever before placed thereon within a
corresponding period, while at the same
time protecting the treasury from fraudu-
lent claims. As proof of this fact we point
with pride to the fact that since the DEM
ocratic party has been in power in any
branch Of the Federal government, not one
acre Of the public lands has been granted to
corporations nor has any land grant been
revived or extended. We heartily approve
the action OF tie national administration
in reclaiming and throwing open to the
people for settlement l0O,OO0, 900 acres of
lands which, through artifice and fraud,
We're wrongfully held by corporations,
having been forfeited to the people by
failure to comply with the conditions Of
the grants
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-09-08

CORNELIUS VANDERBILT is about -
years of age and worth certainly $780,
OOO, 200, perhaps $l25, 100000. He is
u tremendous worker, and his friends
fear lie is injuring his health by his as
siluons attention 10 the details Of his
business
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-09-08

CAPT. KuiiLMANN of the North Ger
man Lloyd Steamship Main reports the
complete success of his experiments
with oil during the prevalence Of heavy
seas on his last voyage to Bremen from
Baltimore. Five pounds Of oil. he
says. was sufficient during seven hours
to prevent the sea breaking over the
xasSnI
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-09-08

MRs. ELIZABETH CADY STANTON is i'll
Paris, sitting daily for ner portrait to
an American painter, Miss Anna +.
Klumpke of San Francisco. who received
an honorable mention in last year 5
Salon. Mrs. Stanton is sitting also to
the sculpture, Paul Bartlett of Boston.
who exhibits Il group in the present sa-
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-09-08

HoME Rule is proven to actually
exist in one of England's provinces, by
an article in the September Harpcr's on
the Isle of Man. DIR. Richard Wheatley
shows that this Island of Mona has
long enjoyed the right of controlling
her own affairs, after fashion. and
has been gradually strengthening her
Independence, until now she makes her
own laws, administers her own justice,
and thriycs in well-arranged system
of self-soyernment, with only Il COVER
nor appointed by the Crown to re-
present her fealty to the Queen. Some
of the Manx laws and customs
retain their ancient quaintness, but the
prosperity of the Liliputian state fur
nishes an encouraging instance of
what intelligent Home Rule can do.
The article is illustrated by views of
the chief cities of Man, a portrait OF the
Governor. an engraving of the legis-
latiye House of Keys in session. and a
map of the island.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-09-08

JEFFREY WILSON, colored. died last
week near Urbana. o., and the best in
formation fixes his age at 1lJ years.
He was slave from his birth to the
close of the war--a period of ninety
two Years.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-09-08

A NEW color has appeared. 1t is
pale yellow in one light and pale pink
in another. This shade is called hon
cysuckle, and is first cousin to the beau-
tiful tint which appeared more than a
year ago and was known as ''dawn. =
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-09-08

THERE arc i'm the United States H.
900 photographers, and all IF them to-
gether have not yet devised means for
making people look ''natural" when
nnsnr
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-09-08
CURRENT COMMENT.

Col. FRED GRANT has gone to Eu-
ropc-some say to escort his sister. Mrs
Sartoris, to this country on her
promised visit.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-09-08

Sioux City is infested with burglars.
A large number of railroad ties are
being unloaded at Cherokee.
The year old son of Mrs. Ginn was
drowned in the Mississippi river near
Lansing.
The County Fair, upon the new
grounds at Allison takes place Scptem-
Der Is, IA and Is.
The Charlton Presbyterian church has
been presented with a 1900 pound bell
from the Browner family.
Montezuma is afflicted with snakes
and 4 five year old rattlesnake was
killed in Editor Jarnagin's yard.
The opera house committee ut Mar
shalltown is only $4,000 short, $22, 900
having been raised for the new build
ing.
1t is estimated that there have been
over 600, 900 tons Of hay put up in the
four northwestern counties Of Iowa this
season.
H. Brewer, one of the first settlers OF
the county, dropped dead Of
heart disease at home, six miles north
of Sioux City.
Charles Brown, in the Davenport
police court confessed to have stolen
$105 from the bureau drawer Of Mrs.
Eliza Fountain.
In the eastern part of the state the
well-diggers are having picnic.
There are more wells being dug there
than for many years.
They sell corn husks at 10 cents a
hundred pounds ut the canning works
in Davenport and farmers take them
away by the wagon load.
During n recent storm two children
of H. Thorson were stricken down by
lightning in Senaca township. They
were sitting together on hay rake.
Their bodies were fairly crushed to the
earth.
The County Fair of Monroe county
viii be held on tho socicty's grounds
near Abba Sept. Goth to 23d. The
society has offered liberal premiums
and has made all the necessary arrange.
ments for an entirely successful agri-
cultural fair.
James Glass was killed at Montezuma
by the running away of team. He
was soldier and his funeral was con.
ducted by Western Post. He recently
received notice that pension was al
lowed him. He was hard working
man and leaves large family.
At Mediapolis, the old soldiers, as
sisted by the citizens. erected flae
pole 108 feet high above the ground
the highest in the State, in honor of tn,
reunion Of the gallant S9th Iowa In
fantry, Aug. 81 and Sept. l. Th'
citizens propose to give royal enter
tainment to the old veterans.
Geo. Fischer was struck by lightnin,
and instantly killed three miles north 0
C0rinth. He lived in Hamilton count,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-09-08

STATE COMMITTEE.
The following gentlemen compose
the new Republican State Committee.
the names being given by congressional
districts:
First-E. w. Tatlock, Louisa county.
Second-H. S. Sperry, johnson
county.
Third-W. d. Evans, Franklin
county.
Fourth-Dr. J. L. Whitley. Mitchell
county.
Fifth-S. C. Leland. Tama country.
Sixth-A. w. Swain, Mahaska
county.
Sevcnth-Jay A. King. Story county.
Eight-Hon. Lewis Miles, Wayne
county.
Ninth-A. L. Harvey. Harrison
county.
Tenth-A. d. Bicknell, Humboldt
county.
Eleyenth-A.C. Parker, Clay county.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-09-08
IOWA STATE NEWS.
REPUBLICAN NOMINEES.

The r publican State Convention re-
nominated Gov. Larrabec and 1t. Gov.
Hull. who are, Of course, well known to
all the people Of the State: the follow
ing sketches of the nominees for SUI
preme Court Judge and Superintendent
OF Public Instruction are Of interest.
The nominee for Judge
HON @. s. ROBINSON
was born in fremont, Illinois, in 1S43.
where his father lived on and worked n
small farm. When young Robinson was
IA years old, his father was accidentally
killed ON the farm. and the entire sup
port Of the family and farm fell upon
the boy, who not only supplied their
wants, but provided his two sisters with
liberal education. Having finished
the course in the public schools of that
county, he was tutorcd by Mr.. Isaiah
Ncwkirk, Of Brighton. Iowa. When
the war broke out Robinson entered the
army and served gallantlY until the
battle of Chickamauga. when he was
wounded, taken prisoner, aud subsc-
quently sent home on crutchcs. After
graduating at Bloomington, Illinois, he
went to st. Louis. and taught his way
through the law school, where he after
wards graduated with flying
colors. In 1869 he moved to
Iowa, settling in Buena Vista
county, where. by constant work. he
obtained large practice, and became
generally recognised rs leader among
the people of that district. In 1875 he
was elected to the Sixteenth General
Assembly. and in 1881 to the Senate, to
which he received unanimous re-elec-
ton in 1885. In 1876 he was made q
director of the State Normal School and
served in this capacity for six years.
Last spring he was appointed 4 member
of the State Board Of Railroad Commits
sioners by Governor Larrabee, but de-
clincd the appointment. Senator
Robinson was married in 1872. and has
four children, two boys and two girls.
the eldest being thirteen years old.
PROFESSOR HENRY sABIN,
of Clinton county, the candidate for the
office Of Superintendent Of Public In
struction, was born at Pomfret, Conn,
-Gen. Putman's birth place--in 1929.
His boyhood days were spent at home.
Entering Amherst College 1t the age Of
20 he graduated with great credit in
1852, and in 1871 moved to Iowa, TAX
ing up his residence in Clinton county,
where he has resided for the past six
years. His wife and three sons are liv-
ing, his eldest son having graduated a
year ago at the State University. Pro-
fessor Smiths whole life has been de.
voted to public school work. His first
vote was cast for John e. Fremont, In
1856. and his votes have always been
cast for Republicans. Mr.. Sabin has al
ways been strong temperance man,
and an ardent supporter Of the prohibi-
tory law.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-08
clergyman exhorted his congregation TO
vote as you pray and later ON be adviss- :
them to pray often"

Ii is related that one dav, when a news
paper IMAM OF experience suggested an evident
Improvement in "a certain department Of The
Ledger Mr. Bonner said: ut would be
better column. but wouldn't DO it foz 81 600.
The human eye Is the most conservative thing
in the world. II is easily offended; | have
often lost subscribers by improving The
Ledser-yes sir! actually by doing something
that made it better, but changed It's appear
allce. The eye resents any little change in
place and appearance. Ii LOOKS for the same
lay week by week. and 1t viii not do to
trife with NEW York Sun.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-08

Lard, If applied at once. viii remove the
discoloration after a bruise
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-08
Carving Too Much Debt.

no, sir! he did not die Of pneumonia; he
died OF bill brokers, sir. He projected e. IN
wise Improvement OF piece of real estate,
mortgages, and finally incurred q street deb.
of 5000, which rapidly rolled up TO $500
and crushed The life out Of him BE borrowed
money on call, got paper discounted, ard he
worked, lived and died for the bill brokers
Yes. sir, he died Of a street debt. upon which
he expended his strength every week, throw
ing it ahead from one day to seven Dry
Goods Chronicle